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Comment on Proper RAM and drive for ThinkCentre M710Q running Unraid/Plex/-arr

jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

RAM is mostly independent from streaming capabilities. The recipient needs RAM to store the buffer but the host machine would do fine with 16 GB.
SSD for config and database, no exceptions. HDD is great for the media itself.
Other suggestions: a machine with an 8th gen or later CPU, non-F variant. Those CPUs have an integrated GPU that can transcode several streams simultaneously without the slightest struggle. To utilize this, you’ll need to buy a Plex Pass and enable hardware encoding.

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ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thank you! Am I going to run into transcoding issues with 7th gen i5 on several streams? I only have six users, and all but one of them have modern Roku or Apple TV devices.

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- jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Am I going to run into transcoding issues with 7th gen i5 on several streams?
  
  I have a 4th gen i5 and it can handle about three transcodes concurrently. You should be fine on that, especially if your users direct stream.
  
  all but one of them have modern Roku or Apple TV devices.
  
  These devices should be capable of direct streaming any video format. You’ll have to tell your users to change their streaming settings to always play original quality on remote stream. Plex defaults to 720p for remote streams.
  
  should I use the 258GB M.2 already in the box for the config and database, or use the 2TB 970 EVO SSD?
  
  The 256 GB should be enough. My Plex folder uses about 90 GB right now with all the posters and stuff. It’s been running on a SATA 256 GB SSD for almost 7 years now. My library is also pretty large, pushing 8 TB total now.
  
  There’s no harm in keeping it in.
  
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  - dorkage@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    How is your Plex install so big? My library is like 6x larger and my Plex install lives in a 24GB VM
    
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    jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    🤷‍♂️
    
    I don’t know lol
    
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  - ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You are a godsend. Thank for you for the really cogent advice. Setting up Unraid now.
    
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- MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you use quicksync hardware transcoding it’ll handle a bunch of 1080p streams without a problem.
  
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  - ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Is that a client setting or Plex server setting? I haven’t noticed it before.
    
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    MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s a feature of the Intel GPU that the Plex server can use.
    
    I think you do need Plex pass though, Jellyfin can do it for free.
    
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